The United States of America, Complainants and Appellants, V. Jane L. Stanford, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Leland Stanford, Deceased, Defendant and Appellee: Brief for Defendant and Appelle1895 - 155 pages |
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... justice , the powers provided and reserved in said act of eighteen hundred and sixty - four for the amendment and alteration thereof ought also to be exercised as hereinafter enacted . " It proceeds to provide in section 2- " That the ...
... justice , the powers provided and reserved in said act of eighteen hundred and sixty - four for the amendment and alteration thereof ought also to be exercised as hereinafter enacted . " It proceeds to provide in section 2- " That the ...
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... Justice DAVIS , in rejecting these views , laid down most emphatically the principles controlling the relations of the companies to the Government , and held that the rules applicable to ordinary contracts were not applicable here . He ...
... Justice DAVIS , in rejecting these views , laid down most emphatically the principles controlling the relations of the companies to the Government , and held that the rules applicable to ordinary contracts were not applicable here . He ...
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... Justice MILLER : " The government sustains two distinct re- lations to the railroad company , and , in con- sidering her rights under this statute , it is im- portant to keep them separate . The company is organized under , and owes its ...
... Justice MILLER : " The government sustains two distinct re- lations to the railroad company , and , in con- sidering her rights under this statute , it is im- portant to keep them separate . The company is organized under , and owes its ...
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... Justice BRADLEY , in delivering the opinion of the Court , spoke of the particular relation of the Cen- tral Pacific to the Government . He narrated how it came into existence , substantially as set forth in the bill in this case , by ...
... Justice BRADLEY , in delivering the opinion of the Court , spoke of the particular relation of the Cen- tral Pacific to the Government . He narrated how it came into existence , substantially as set forth in the bill in this case , by ...
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... Justice FIELD was committed by the dissenting Judges the particular question of the relations of the Central Pacific Com- pany ; and the opinion of the Court acquires all the more pertinence and force in application to the ques- tions ...
... Justice FIELD was committed by the dissenting Judges the particular question of the relations of the Central Pacific Com- pany ; and the opinion of the Court acquires all the more pertinence and force in application to the ques- tions ...
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Page 13 - That the grants aforesaid are made upon condition that said company shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops and munitions of war, supplies and public stores, upon said railroad for the government, whenever required to do so by any department thereof, and that the government shall at all times have the preference in the use of the same for all the purposes aforesaid, (at fair and...
Page 133 - ... to secure the repayment to the United States, as hereinafter provided, of the amount of said bonds so issued and delivered to said company, together with all interest thereon which shall have been paid by the United States, the issue of said bonds and delivery to the company shall ipso facto constitute a first mortgage on the whole line of the railroad and telegraph, together with the rolling stock, fixtures, and property of every kind and description, and in consideration of which said bonds...
Page 14 - California had only power to construct a railroad from Sacramento to the eastern boundary of the State. Congress, by the Act of 1862, authorized the company (in the words of the Act) ' to construct a railroad and telegraph line from the Pacific coast, at or near San Francisco, or the navigable waters of the Sacramento River, to the eastern boundary of California...
Page 95 - Dues from corporations shall be secured by such individual liability of the corporators and other means as may be prescribed by law.
Page 11 - Greenwich, between the south margin of the valley of the Republican River and the north margin of the valley of the Platte River, in the Territory of Nebraska...
Page 30 - But courts, in construing a statute, may with propriety recur to the history of the times when it was passed; and this is frequently necessary, in order to ascertain the reason as well as the meaning of particular provisions in it.
Page 119 - It cannot be said that a case is not authority on one point because, although that point was properly presented and decided in the regular course of the consideration of the cause, something else was found in the end which disposed of the whole matter. Here the precise question was properly presented, fully argued and elaborately considered in the opinion. The decision on this question was as much a part of the judgment of the court as was that on any other of the several matters on which the case...
Page 17 - That if said roads are not completed, so as to form a continuous line of railroad, ready for use, from the Missouri River to the navigable waters of the Sacramento River...
Page 98 - The individual liability of stockholders of a corporation for the payment of its debts is always a creature of statute. At common law it does not exist. The statute which creates it may also declare the purposes of its creation, and provide for the manner of its enforcement.
Page 16 - That the several companies authorized to construct the aforesaid roads are hereby required to operate and use said roads and telegraph for all purposes of communication, travel and transportation, so far as the public and...